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arbor the
coonhound
must be a good
listener. With an ear span longer than two feet, the
pooch holds the record for the longest ears on a living
dog. As a puppy, he used to trip over them! Bred as
nting dogs, coonhounds have long ears to help pi
u up scents. As the ears swing back and forth, they fan
sm mells toward the nose. Maybe Harbor can use them
to b better sniff out his dinner.

ow do you
stack 10
bowling balls on TOWER
top of each other
without adhesives??
Very carefully.
David Kremer has
WORLD’S toppled many towers
in his successful quest
LONGEST to stack the most
bowling balls. But
HAIR only once has his big
toe gotten squashed.
Kremer says his trick
is simply a balancing
act, although some
his woman’s hair is so long that she travels with balls do flatten a little
Tan assistant to hold her mane! Xie Quiping of as more are added to
China has the world’s longest hair: more than 18 feet the stack. The more
of it! Growing it for nearly 45 years, Xie Quiping takes stability the better—
about an hour each morning to comb and coil her the balls on top tend
locks. There’s just one problem: Sources say her hair to break in half when
is so heavy that it’s hard for her to stand up straight. they fall!

RYAN SCHUDE / GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS (HARBOR); © GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS LIMITED APRIL 2018 • NAT GEO KIDS
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